County profile
Washington County, VT
United States · GDP 2024
#700 of 3,127 US counties by GDP61st-percentile growthmore diversified than 91% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
26,122
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,118
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$64.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
59,652
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.4%
Median HH income
$83.4k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
48.1%±2.1%
Poverty rate
8.7%±1.3%
Business applications
674 · 2025
Retail establishments
322
53.8/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care24%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation17%
Manufacturing13%
Education12%
Finance & insurance12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
59,652
residents · 2025 · -0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $79.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+241
International migration+315
Natural change−649
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.9B2019
$4.0B2020
$4.2B2021
$4.6B2022
$4.9B2023
$5.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$315.0k±$10.2k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$47/mo
Vacancy rate
16.6%±1.3%
Affordability
4.9× wages
Residential permits
$55.5M
156 units · 2.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
52.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):no HUD FMR published for this area
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 97Winter weather 80Lightning 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3742016
3832017
3952018
4122019
4272020
4822021
5652022
6382023
6822024
7232025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -13% since 20211802021
1942022
1562023
2032024
1562025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.0 km
I-89
Nearest freight rail
1.1 km
NECR
Nearest port
53.1 km
FERRY DOCK BURLINGTON VT
Nearest commercial airport
48.2 km
PATRICK LEAHY BURLINGTON INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$64.6k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Washington?
Washington's economy produced $5.2B in 2024, growing 5.3% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.